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Police Steeds on Bourbon Street Are Their Own Attraction
Besides crowd control and chasing after purse-snatchers, the New Orleans Police Department sees their Mounted Unit as an extension of police-community relations.
Recent University of Arizona graduate Mariana Dale once woke up at 4 a.m. and drove hours to nab an interview with a cattle rancher about state funding cuts for drought relief. Ms. Dale says she likes the challenge of making complicated issues “accessible to people” and hopes to venture into new reporting subjects at the Institute.
Besides crowd control and chasing after purse-snatchers, the New Orleans Police Department sees their Mounted Unit as an extension of police-community relations.
Can hackers, developers, civil servants and nonprofits work together to decode big data and leverage it to clean up cities? No one has the answer yet, but several cities are trying to find out.
Two videographers and a reporter remember that getting to the interview is only half the battle after a mishap during an early morning ride.
Tommie Albert Collins III dreams of working as a designer for a major news publication. Mr. Collins’ long-term goal is to open a performing arts school for students who come from less-than-privileged backgrounds.
The New York Times Student Journalism Institute in New Orleans for 2014 is now concluded. We will resume in May 2015 in Tucson, Arizona.
Julia Craven went to Tulane University looking for a controversy. What she found was a young custodial worker with a phenomenal story.
The National Weather Service of New Orleans/Baton Rouge issued a flash flood watch Wednesday afternoon remaining into effect through Thursday evening.